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List of current United States lieutenant governors

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**Party affiliation of current United States lieutenant governors:**
  Democratic (20 states, 2 territories, and 1 district)
  Republican (25 states, 2 territories^[a])
  Position nonexistent (5 states, 1 territory)

**Party affiliation of current designated successors to the currentUnited States governors:**
  Democratic designated successor (23 states, 2 territories, and 1 district)
  Republican designated successor (27 states, 2 territories^[a])
  New Progressive (Democratic affiliated) designated successor (1 territory)

Method for electing the lieutenant governor.
  Same ticket
  Same ticket in the general election, separate election in the primaries
  Separate election
  Title given to the leader of state senate
  Position nonexistent

Thelieutenant governor is the second-highest-ranking government official in 45 of the 50U.S. states and four of the fiveterritories. In those states and territories, the lieutenant governor is the first in the line of succession in case of a vacancy in the office ofgovernor (Note: in Massachusetts and West Virginia, the lieutenant governor only assumes powers and duties as acting governor, not succeeding to the governorship), while in the remaining states and territories another office holds that status. Currently, 26 states elect a lieutenant governor on aticket with thegovernor, while 17 states elect a lieutenant governor separately. InWest Virginia, thepresident of the Senate, as elected by the State Senators, serves as the state's lieutenant governor. InTennessee, the State Senators elect a Speaker of the Senate, who in turn serves as lieutenant governor. Five states and one inhabited territory do not have a lieutenant governor.

List of lieutenant governors by state

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In the table below, "term ends" indicates the year the current lieutenant governor will leave office; a notation (term limits) after the year indicates that the current lieutenant governor is ineligible to seek re-election in that year. A notation of (retiring) after the year indicates that the current lieutenant governor is leaving office that year, having not sought re-election. A notation of (defeated) indicates that the current lieutenant governor was defeated for re-election.

State	Name	Party	Prior Public Experience	Term Start	Term End	Selection^[1]
Alabama (list)	Will Ainsworth	Republican	Alabama House	January 14, 2019	2027	Separate election
Alaska (list)	Nancy Dahlstrom	Republican	Commissioner ofAlaska Department of Corrections Alaska House	December 5, 2022	2026	Same ticket
Arkansas (list)	Leslie Rutledge	Republican	Attorney General	January 10, 2023	2027	Separate election
California (list)	Eleni Kounalakis	Democratic	United States Ambassador to Hungary	January 7, 2019	2027 (term limits)	Separate election
Colorado (list)	Dianne Primavera	Democratic	Colorado House	January 8, 2019	2027	Same ticket
Connecticut (list)	Susan Bysiewicz	Democratic	Secretary of the State of Connecticut Connecticut House	January 9, 2019	2027	Same ticket in the general elections; Separate elections in the primaries
Delaware (list)	Kyle Evans Gay	Democratic	Delaware Senate	January 21, 2025	2029	Separate election
Florida (list)	Jay Collins	Republican	Florida Senate	August 12, 2025	2027	Same ticket
Georgia (list)	Burt Jones	Republican	Georgia Senate	January 9, 2023	2027	Separate election
Hawaii (list)	Sylvia Luke	Democratic	Hawaii House	December 5, 2022	2026	Same ticket in the general elections; Separate elections in the primaries
Idaho (list)	Scott Bedke	Republican	Idaho House Speaker	January 2, 2023	2027	Separate election
Illinois (list)	Juliana Stratton	Democratic	Illinois House	January 14, 2019	2027	Same ticket
Indiana (list)	Micah Beckwith	Republican	Noblesville public library trustee	January 13, 2025	2029	Same ticket in the general elections; Separately nominated at party conventions
Iowa (list)	Chris Cournoyer	Republican	Iowa Senate	December 16, 2024	2027	Same ticket
Kansas (list)	David Toland	Democratic	State Secretary of Commerce	January 2, 2021	2027	Same ticket
Kentucky (list)	Jacqueline Coleman	Democratic	No prior offices	December 10, 2019	2027 (term limits)	Same ticket
Louisiana (list)	Billy Nungesser	Republican	Plaquemines Parish President	January 11, 2016	2028	Separate election
Maryland (list)	Aruna Miller	Democratic	Maryland House of Delegates	January 18, 2023	2027	Same ticket
Massachusetts (list)	Kim Driscoll	Democratic	Mayor of Salem	January 5, 2023	2027	Same ticket in the general elections; Separate elections in the primaries
Michigan (list)	Garlin Gilchrist	Democratic	No prior offices	January 1, 2019	2027 (term limits)	Same ticket
Minnesota (list)	Peggy Flanagan	Democratic (DFL)	Minnesota House	January 7, 2019	2027	Same ticket
Mississippi (list)	Delbert Hosemann	Republican	Mississippi Secretary of State	January 14, 2020	2028 (term limits)	Separate election
Missouri (list)	David Wasinger	Republican	No prior offices	January 13, 2025	2029	Separate election
Montana (list)	Kristen Juras	Republican	No prior offices	January 4, 2021	2029	Same ticket
Nebraska (list)	Joe Kelly	Republican	United States Attorney for theDistrict of Nebraska	January 5, 2023	2027	Same ticket
Nevada (list)	Stavros Anthony	Republican	Las Vegas City Council	January 2, 2023	2027	Separate election
New Jersey (list)	Tahesha Way	Democratic	Secretary of State Passaic County Freeholder	September 8, 2023	2026	Same ticket
New Mexico (list)	Howie Morales	Democratic	New Mexico Senate Grant County Clerk	January 1, 2019	2027	Same ticket in the general elections; Separate elections in the primaries
New York (list)	Antonio Delgado	Democratic	U.S. House	May 25, 2022	2026^[2]	Same ticket in the general elections; Separate elections in the primaries
North Carolina (list)	Rachel Hunt	Democratic	North Carolina Senate North Carolina House	January 1, 2025	2029	Separate election
North Dakota (list)	Michelle Strinden	Republican	North Dakota House	December 15, 2024	2028	Same ticket
Ohio (list)	Jim Tressel	Republican	No prior offices	February 14, 2025	2027	Same ticket
Oklahoma (list)	Matt Pinnell	Republican	Chair of theOklahoma Republican Party	January 14, 2019	2027	Separate election
Pennsylvania (list)	Austin Davis	Democratic	Pennsylvania House	January 17, 2023	2027	Same ticket in the general elections; Separate elections in the primaries
Rhode Island (list)	Sabina Matos	Democratic	Providence City Council	April 14, 2021	2027	Separate election
South Carolina (list)	Pamela Evette	Republican	No prior offices	January 9, 2019	2027	Same ticket
South Dakota (list)	Tony Venhuizen	Republican	South Dakota House	January 30, 2025	2027	Same ticket
Tennessee (list)	Randy McNally	Republican	Tennessee Senate Tennessee House	January 10, 2017	2027	State Senate^[3]
Texas (list)	Dan Patrick	Republican	Texas Senate	January 20, 2015	2027	Separate election
Utah (list)	Deidre Henderson	Republican	Utah Senate	January 4, 2021	2029	Same ticket
Vermont (list)	John S. Rodgers	Republican	Vermont Senate Vermont House of Representatives	January 9, 2025	2027	Separate election
Virginia (list)	Winsome Earle-Sears	Republican	Virginia House of Delegates	January 15, 2022	2026	Separate election
Washington (list)	Denny Heck	Democratic	U.S. House Washington House	January 13, 2021	2029	Separate election
West Virginia (list)	Randy Smith	Republican	West Virginia House West Virginia Senate	January 8, 2025	2027	State Senate^[4]
Wisconsin (list)	Sara Rodriguez	Democratic	Wisconsin State Assembly	January 3, 2023	2027	Same ticket in the general elections; Separate elections in the primaries

List of lieutenant governors by territory

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Territory	Lieutenant governor	Party	Prior public experience	Start of term	End of term	Chosen by^[1]
American Samoa (list)	Pulu Ae Ae	Republican^[a]	American Samoa House of Representatives	January 3, 2025	2029	Same ticket
Guam (list)	Josh Tenorio	Democratic	No prior offices	January 7, 2019	2027	Same ticket
Northern Mariana Islands (list)	Dennis Mendiola	Republican	Northern Mariana Islands Senate	July 23, 2025	2027	Same ticket
U.S. Virgin Islands (list)	Tregenza Roach	Democratic	Legislature of the Virgin Islands	January 7, 2019	2027	Same ticket

States which do not have lieutenant governors

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Five states do not have a position of an official lieutenant governor. In these cases, thesecretary of state or thepresident of the Senate is next in line for the governorship.

State	Office	Officeholder	Party	Prior public experience	Start of term
Arizona^[b]	Secretary of State	Adrian Fontes	Democratic	County Recorder ofMaricopa County	January 2, 2023
Maine	President of the Senate	Mattie Daughtry	Democratic	Maine Senate Maine House of Representatives	December 4, 2024
New Hampshire	President of the Senate	Sharon Carson	Republican	New Hampshire Senate New Hampshire House of Representatives	December 4, 2024
Oregon	Secretary of State	Tobias Read	Democratic	Oregon Treasurer Oregon House	January 6, 2025
Wyoming	Secretary of State	Chuck Gray	Republican	Wyoming House of Representatives	January 2, 2023

Federal district and territories which do not have lieutenant governors or deputy mayors

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One territory, Puerto Rico, places thesecretary of state next in line for the governorship. In theDistrict of Columbia, thechairman of the Council of the District of Columbia is first in line of succession in the event of a vacancy in the office ofmayor of the District of Columbia.

Jurisdiction	Office	Image	Officeholder	Party	Prior public experience	Start of term
District of Columbia	Chairman of the Council		Phil Mendelson	Democratic	DC Councilman Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner	June 13, 2012
Puerto Rico	Secretary of State		Rosachely Rivera	New Progressive/ Democratic	Mayor ofGurabo	July 3, 2025

States and territories with differing party membership at the executive level

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In most states or territories, the governor and lieutenant governor are members of the same political party. In the following states and territories, the designated successor to the governorship is of a different political party than the governor:

State or territory	Governor	Designated successor
Northern Mariana Islands	Independent	Republican
Puerto Rico^[c]	Republican	Democratic

Notes

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^^a ^b ^cThe Lieutenant governor in American Samoa is elected non-partisan; however, Pulu Ae Ae affiliates with the Republican Party
^Proposition 131 passed in the 2022 election, which will create the office ofArizona Lieutenant Governor following the 2026 election.
^WhileJenniffer González andRosachely Rivera have different federal party affiliations, they are both members of Puerto Rico'sNew Progressive Party.

References

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^^a ^b"Executive Branch of the Several States".The Green Papers. RetrievedMarch 31, 2012.
^NY lieutenant gubernatorial terms begin at midnight New Year's Day.
^TheTennessee Senate elects their speaker who serves as lieutenant governor. The full title of the office isLieutenant Governor and Speaker of the Senate.
^West Virginia Code 6A-1-4(b), as enacted in 2000, entitles the president of theWest Virginia Senate to use the titleLieutenant Governor

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